Plan for tram service in KL city
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THE Federal Territories Ministry plans to introduce a tram service in Kuala Lumpur as a solution to reduce traffic congestion in the capital city.
Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said traffic congestion in the city was their main challenge.
“We are studying about providing a tram system within the central business district,” he said in a press conference at the Kuala Lumpur New Year Run at Dataran Merdeka recently.
He said they were looking for trams that used the fly wheel system, similar to those found in Europe, namely in London.
Tengku Adnan said a proposal has been presented to the Economy Council (EC).
“The council officers came back to us to re-look at the area and where we would want to place the stations and rails,” he said.
On June 4, 2014, StarMetro reported the then Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Seri Ahmad Phesal Talib saying that a proposal to provide tram services had been presented to the Federal Territories Ministry and the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD).
He had said that many European countries had successfully introduced trams in their cities, such as Spain which was using a green perimeter fence to build the tracks as it allowed grass to grow.
